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St-Takla.org Image: The rain of Manna:
"And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the
wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground.
So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What
is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “This
is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is the thing
which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it according to each
one’s need, one omer for each person, according to the number of
persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”.. And the
house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander
seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey" (Exodus
16:15). Giovanni Romanelli - from "The Bible and its Story" book,
authored by Charles Horne, 1909.
صورة في
موقع الأنبا تكلا: المن: "ولما ارتفع
سقيط الندى إذا على وجه البرية شيء دقيق مثل قشور. دقيق كالجليد على الأرض.
فلما رأى بنو إسرائيل قالوا بعضهم لبعض: «من هو؟» لأنهم لم يعرفوا ما هو.
فقال لهم موسى: «هو الخبز الذي أعطاكم الرب لتأكلوا. هذا هو الشيء الذي أمر
به الرب. التقطوا منه كل واحد على حسب أكله. عمرا للرأس على عدد نفوسكم
تأخذون، كل واحد للذين في خيمته».. ودعا بيت إسرائيل اسمه «منا». وهو كبزر
الكزبرة، أبيض، وطعمه كرقاق بعسل." (الخروج 16: 14-16، 31) - من كتاب
"الإنجيل وقصته"، إصدار تشارلز هورن، 1909. |
Someone asked a
rabbi, “Why didn’t
God send Manna to his people once a year not daily?”
The
rabbi thus answered narrating the
story of a king who used to give his son a yearly pocket money on a certain day.
The king noticed that he did not see his son but on that day. Therefore, he
decided to give him money every morning to enjoy meeting his son.
Likewise,
God
wants to meet his people and to meet each one of his children every morning.
→ English translation of the story here at
St-Takla.org:
لماذا أرسل الله المن كل
صباح؟
